Director - Clinical Informatics - Is-clinical - Palo Alto, United States - Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

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Palo Alto, United States

3 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

Information Technology

1.0 FTE, 8 Hour Day Shift
At Stanford Children's Health, we know world-renowned care begins with world-class caring. That's why we combine advanced technologies and breakthrough discoveries with family-centered care.

It's why we provide our caregivers with continuing education and state-of-the-art facilities, like the newly remodeled Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford.

And it's why we need caring, committed people on our team - like you. Join us on our mission to heal humanity, one child and family at a time.

Job Summary:

This paragraph summarizes the general nature, level and purpose of the job._

Essential Functions:

The essential functions listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned._
Employees must abide by all Joint Commission Requirements including but not limited to sensitivity to cultural diversity, patient care, patient rights and ethical treatment, safety and security of physical environments, emergency management, teamwork, respect for others, participation in ongoing education and training, communication and adherence to safety and quality programs, sustaining compliance with National Patient Safety Goals, and licensure and health screenings._

Must perform all duties and responsibilities in accordance with the hospital's policies and procedures, including its Service Standards and its Code of Conduct.

Responsible for developing, maintaining, and supervising a firstclass team of clinical informaticists, educators, and support personnel as required, meeting requirements and responsibilities of managers at Stanford Hospital and Clinics with respect to hiring, retaining, and evaluating employees. Participates in peer review as required. Provides leadership and role modelingin the areas of professionalism, accountability, and communication.
Ensures that clinical informaticists posses and consistently display excellence in verbal and written communication, capability for complex workflow analysis and redesign, characteristics of leadership, persuasion, and appropriate risktaking, and efficiency in time management and prioritization of work.
Coordinates and participates in leading system planning, development, design, analysis, implementation, upgrading, testing, maintenance, and evaluation of clinical information systems. Plans for data collection, cataloguing of gathered information, documentation of processes, and communication with members of IT and clinical services.
Provides leadership when implementing changes in both automated and manual components of the clinical information systems. Coordinates communication or changes with clinicians and IT management. Anticipates and responds appropriately to requests and concerns from clinical users or others affected by the systems.
Shares responsibility with IT personnel for maintaining components of the clinical information systems, including revisions, testing system changes, and integration of changes into the clinical environment.
Manages a team of informatics specialists who anticipate, identify, analyze, prioritize, and facilitate resolution of user needs and issues. Coordinates the development of multidisciplinary user input processes regarding clinical systems and associated workflows.
Evaluates, implements, and optimizes methods of user input and communication between and among clinical users, operational and clinical leadership, and IT personnel. Coordinates and evaluates proactive user support in all areas for clinical information system users. Coordinates and participates in systems analysis and research related to clinical information systems. Works with members of user groups to determine selection criteria. Evaluates selection processes and suggests improvements to those processes.
Ensures that the impact, especially unintended consequences, of new information technology systems or changes to existing systems are understood, accepted, and accounted for in decisionmaking process. Ensures that such decisions lead to most desired outcomes.
Collaborates with outside consultants, vendors, and company representatives in the planning, development, testing, revision, and maintenance of clinical information systems.
Collaborates with and supports the Informatics Director of Accreditation and Regulatory Affairs to ensure accreditation, regulatory compliance, licensure, safety, and research needs are appropriately met with clinical systems configuration and training.
Collaborates with and supports the Director of Transformation to ensure that clinical and business processes are optimized for value, safety, efficiency, employee satisfaction, patient satisfaction, and overall performance excellence.
Provides for and evaluates computer and clinical syst